VMware vCloud: Deploy and Manage the VMware Cloud

Consultants, systems engineers, datacenter administrators, and cloud administrators

After completing this course, you should understand the features and operation of vCloud and be able to do the following:

• Deploy VMware vCloud Director™.
• Manage vCloud Director to satisfy private, public and hybrid cloud business needs.
• Configure VMware vSphere® storage to enable multiple tiers in provider virtual datacenters.
• Create vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs.
• Configure networking for organizations and vApps.
• Use linked clones to enable fast provisioning.
• Use VMware vCenter Chargeback™ to meter vCloud Director resources.
• Use VMware vCenter Operations™ Standard to monitor your environment.

Módulo 1 Course Introduction
• Review course goals
• Review course objectives
• Review the course outline
• Recognize VMware vCloud Director Essentials/Fundamentals course elements

Módulo 2 VMware vCloud Director Architecture and Components
• Describe how VMware products use the cloud computing approach
• Review vCloud Director components and explain their functions
• Examine how to charge for resources
• Determine the licensing needs

Módulo 3 VMware vCloud Director Installation
• Describe the required prerequisites for a vCloud Director installation
• Install vCloud Director

Módulo 4 VMware vCloud Networking
• Describe the network types available in vCloud Director
• Discuss the organization and vApp network traffic choices
• Describe the function of network pools
• Explain how to share content between organizations and vApps
• Share content in private, public, and hybrid clouds

Módulo 5 VMware vCloud Providers
• Identify storage resources for vCloud Director
• Configure and manage storage for providers
• Examine provider space allocation to an organization
• Recognize Storage vMotion issues
• Manage storage requirements for linked clones and shadow virtual machines

Módulo 6 VMware vCloud Director Organizations
• Create and manage organizations
• Recognize resource allocations for an organization
• Create and manage catalogs

Módulo 7 Cloud Connectivity
• Recognize use cases for Virtual Private Network in vCloud Director
• Configure VPN in vCloud Director
• Describe VMware vCloud® Connector

Módulo 8 Security
• Identify authentication and authorization tasks
• Describe and configure LDAP integration
• Describe single sign-on

Módulo 9 Cost Analysis and Reporting with VMware vCenter Chargeback
• Recognize which elements vCenter Chargeback meters for vCloud Director
• Describe how cost models are used to generate reports
• Summarize the function of each of the vCenter Chargeback architecture components
• Identify how to generate reports
• Generate different reports based on business needs

Módulo 10 Managing Cloud Resources
• Understand and identify how vSphere fulfills vCloud Director requests
• Manage provider and organization virtual datacenters

Módulo 11 Managing VMware vSphere Resources
• Manage VMware vCenter Server™ instances
• Manage VMware ESXi™ hosts
• Manage vSphere datastores
• Managing stranded items
• Configuring and managing resource pools at the vSphere level

Módulo 12 Monitoring VMware vCloud Components
• Monitor usage information at provider and organization virtual datacenters
• Analyze vCloud Director logs to monitor vCloud Director cells
• Understand how to monitor your vCenter Server deployment with vCenter Operations Standard